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Acceptable_Reading21 t1_j9jce3x wrote

Reply to comment by staticbrain in Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates says the rise of AI poses a threat to Google's search engine profit by Nsaxon

If people stop using Google search I expect ads on Android to get even worse to make up for lost revenue.

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pseudorandomess t1_j9jlc39 wrote

What are the ads on Android?

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Acceptable_Reading21 t1_j9jlpz4 wrote

Just the ones that pop up in my notifications from various apps. Although I'll admit it's not as bad with android 13 keeping notifications off my default.

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HotelKarma t1_j9jn5bi wrote

Just block notifications or uninstall those apps. Androids not profiting from that

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supamario132 t1_j9kivgj wrote

Not an android experience but I used to have a phone that would occasionally show me notification ads for apps I don't have installed. Verizon pushed those ads from an app that I couldn't uninstall without jailbreaking my phone

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HotelKarma t1_j9kys7s wrote

You couldn't disable notifications or disable the app?

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gvilchis23 t1_j9l21vw wrote

Those are not ads, neither is google send it them, is push notifications from other companies, probably your carrier

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Figure-Feisty t1_j9l916l wrote

why are they downvoting you? Notifications off is a feature in most phones.

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Apart_Ad_5993 t1_j9lu709 wrote

You're blaming Android for that? Not the apps you installed?

Android/Google developed custom notification actions to deal with that.

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kthegee t1_j9mx499 wrote

Yes have a look at the so called “privacy sandbox” they are introducing . Companies like Facebook can now track you across apps.

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Apart_Ad_5993 t1_j9n23by wrote

Facebook can track you wherever you are, and whatever you use. It's not an Android problem.

If you have a problem with Facebook tracking, then don't use it.

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kthegee t1_j9nk71l wrote

I don’t use it and this is a android problem “privacy sandbox” is anything else , in the past you would have to install there spyware onto your phone to be spied on. Now any app can contain spyware bundles to run at a system level and collect user data from beyond just the app but from all apps installed on your device.

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kthegee t1_j9mwzrl wrote

Google android’s new “privacy sandbox” it’s already happened , now Facebook can track you across apps and google served it to them on a golden platter.

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